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in the investigations that i had gone to do on rwanda and rwanda in particular said that the only reason for failure was lack of will to act a day when we look at this, since we also have to consider context and taking enough time to answer your question because i think it's important -- and somalia where president bush's father sent in thousands of soldiers to feed hungry samoans, it was an incredible and noble initiative. he did it at the time of the elections and he was leaving office, but he took that decision and the soldiers went in and did whatever they could. of course, this mollies were fighting in unresisting, and sometimes you have food in warehouses, but you couldn't get it to the people. so they came in and broke up that locked down so that we could feed the people. and then they threw in the operation, black hawk was shut down and the u.s. relinquished troops. but the troops let somalia were not as the u.s. troops. almost every western government withdrew their troops. they let somalia, the best armed troops. in the end, we had to close it down because it collapsed. this wa
in the investigations that i had gone to do on rwanda and rwanda in particular said that the only reason for failure was lack of will to act a day when we look at this, since we also have to consider context and taking enough time to answer your question because i think it's important -- and somalia where president bush's father sent in thousands of soldiers to feed hungry samoans, it was an incredible and noble initiative. he did it at the time of the elections and he was leaving office, but...
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but the nation's outside rwanda, the people outside rwanda may have said, we cannot sit back. let's do something. what that something would be, i do not know. >> host: would ease but to the government in your phone call with had a state. rwanda was staffing to what indeed -- what was it is said to you? >> the ambassadors here. the think the reason, first of all, we think vetted come back which invariably meant to, we don't have the resources. we'll have the men to go. you never really get the positive response needed to deal to take on the force. and at that time the canadian military adviser in the department of peacekeeping. we have a system for the source arrangements. we had approached each government test in time of crisis if we were to approach of , what would you do? some say we will give of italian. others said effete hospital. others said we would give you a patrol car. so he came back to me and said, sir, we tested the system. a very effective. it worked well. at least we know that we are getting nothing. his reaction. and, of course, if they don't want to give them
but the nation's outside rwanda, the people outside rwanda may have said, we cannot sit back. let's do something. what that something would be, i do not know. >> host: would ease but to the government in your phone call with had a state. rwanda was staffing to what indeed -- what was it is said to you? >> the ambassadors here. the think the reason, first of all, we think vetted come back which invariably meant to, we don't have the resources. we'll have the men to go. you never...
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but in the investigations that i have done on rwanda and also bosnia and rwanda in particular said there was a reason for failure was lack of will to act and change. and i think when we look at these, we have to consider context. i'm taking a tough time to answer your question. i think it's important that the in somalia, where the president bush's father sent in thousands of soldiers to feed hungry somalis, it was an incredible noble initiative. he it it at the time of the elections. and the soldiers went in and did whatever they could. of course, the somalis were fight and resisting and sometimes you had food in warehouses, but you couldn't get to the people. they came in and broke up that lock jam so that we can feed the people. and then they -- the operation [inaudible] and u.s. troops. but the troops which lead somalia were not just the u.s. troops, almost every western government withdrew their troops. the best troops left somalia. and in the end, we collapsed. we had to close the operation down. there was the end of the '93 and beginning of '94, spring of '94 we had rue wan dpa. wh
but in the investigations that i have done on rwanda and also bosnia and rwanda in particular said there was a reason for failure was lack of will to act and change. and i think when we look at these, we have to consider context. i'm taking a tough time to answer your question. i think it's important that the in somalia, where the president bush's father sent in thousands of soldiers to feed hungry somalis, it was an incredible noble initiative. he it it at the time of the elections. and the...
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i don't think it would have had that much impact on the people in rwanda but the people outside of rwanda may have said, we cannot sit back. let's do something. something would have been, i do not know. >> host: when you spoke to the government with the heads of state and rwanda was starting to unfold, you knew the massacre was happening, what was that they said to you, their reason for not giving troops? >> guest: i spoke to the ambassador so often the reason is that first evolved we will think about it and people come back, which invariably meant no. we don't have the resources or we are overstretched and we don't have the men to go in. and you never really got a positive response you needed to be able to build a force and in fact at that time i had a canadian military adviser in the department of peacekeeping, and we had come up with a system that we called the standby forces arrangement where we had approached each government to ask, in a time of crisis, if we were to approach you, what would you do? what would you give? some said we would give battalion or they said a field hospital
i don't think it would have had that much impact on the people in rwanda but the people outside of rwanda may have said, we cannot sit back. let's do something. something would have been, i do not know. >> host: when you spoke to the government with the heads of state and rwanda was starting to unfold, you knew the massacre was happening, what was that they said to you, their reason for not giving troops? >> guest: i spoke to the ambassador so often the reason is that first evolved...
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relations with rwanda. furthermore, we must know how the administration intends to deal with the drc government. this hearing will take a comprehensive look at who is responsible for the insecurity in the eastern congo beyond the government and the militias. most attention is being paid to the rebel movement in eastern congo, and justifiably so. in light of their recent seizure of territory and overall destructive impact on the people of eastern congo. there are as many as two dozen armed groups terrorizing congolese in this region. according to a report, nine of these militias are believed to be the most prominent. they range from those with a focus on rwanda or you uganda to those formed in response of the flight of the 1994 genocide in rwanda to the drc or those singularly focused on the drc itself. whatever the reason for their founding, these militias have terrorized the people of the eastern congo and the drc as a whole. we must identify their support base and then the flow of arms and other aid that
relations with rwanda. furthermore, we must know how the administration intends to deal with the drc government. this hearing will take a comprehensive look at who is responsible for the insecurity in the eastern congo beyond the government and the militias. most attention is being paid to the rebel movement in eastern congo, and justifiably so. in light of their recent seizure of territory and overall destructive impact on the people of eastern congo. there are as many as two dozen armed...
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diplomat in the rwanda -- during the rwanda genocide where 800,000 people were killed in 100 days. our deputy assistant secretary for african affairs had the cell phone numbers of the perpetrators and would call them up. she would set her alarm for 2:00 in the morning and say colonel, i want you to know if you don't stop the genocide, the president will hold you personally responsible. she was total smoke and mirrors. the president had not given her any such instructions. they are nameable, they are findable and they are stopable. but it's not something we have chosen to make a priority just yet. >> you often tell the stories in here with a person and one of those is henry. who was he and what's the story around him? >> henry is my first, what i come to call upstander. this is a book by about bistanding. it's told through the incredible struggles of upstanders, people who stand up in or outside the system. he was the u.s. ambassador in constantinople when the turks began to systematically deport and murder and destroy their army and minority. what's interesting about him is number
diplomat in the rwanda -- during the rwanda genocide where 800,000 people were killed in 100 days. our deputy assistant secretary for african affairs had the cell phone numbers of the perpetrators and would call them up. she would set her alarm for 2:00 in the morning and say colonel, i want you to know if you don't stop the genocide, the president will hold you personally responsible. she was total smoke and mirrors. the president had not given her any such instructions. they are nameable,...
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relations with rwanda. furthermore, we must know how to evisceration tends to deal with the drc government invited his deficiencies and security sector reform. this hearing will take a comprehensive look at who is responsible for the security and eastern congo beyond the two government and militias. most attention is being paid to the rebel movement in eastern congo justifiably so. in light of the recent seizure territory and overall destructive impacts on the people of eastern congo. however their are reportedly as many as two dozen armed groups terrorizing congolese in these regions. according to a 20 subreport, commodities of war, nine of these militias are believed to be the most permanent. they range from those for the focus on rwanda or uganda, today was formed in response to perpetrators for a genocide in rwanda to the dear the ortho singly focused on the drc itself. whatever the region for their founding, their terrorist eastern congo and the drc as a whole. we consider the flow of arms that enables
relations with rwanda. furthermore, we must know how to evisceration tends to deal with the drc government invited his deficiencies and security sector reform. this hearing will take a comprehensive look at who is responsible for the security and eastern congo beyond the two government and militias. most attention is being paid to the rebel movement in eastern congo justifiably so. in light of the recent seizure territory and overall destructive impacts on the people of eastern congo. however...
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that rwanda has in eastern congo. cultural ties and security interests that they would be able to ensure, including other political dissidents. however, that being said, you noted basing that determination, the peace process would have to find a way of to identify a solution which appears to appeal to their long-term objective. in order for them to stop. i am not convinced that anything less at this stage than something close to that long-term objective would cause them to stop. however, if that solution is identified, there could be some kind of decentralization process and the implementation of that agreement will require significant accompaniment and tremendous investment, not only from the united states, but other members of the international community to reinforce the capacity of the countries and perhaps external control and manipulation. that will be, as i say, realistically one of the keys moving forward from this current crisis and it requires a very long-term commitment to building up an economically and ind
that rwanda has in eastern congo. cultural ties and security interests that they would be able to ensure, including other political dissidents. however, that being said, you noted basing that determination, the peace process would have to find a way of to identify a solution which appears to appeal to their long-term objective. in order for them to stop. i am not convinced that anything less at this stage than something close to that long-term objective would cause them to stop. however, if...
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the short-term deal with generous to rwanda. the congolese officers, particularly in rwanda and its own officers who took control over much of the army in eastern congo. paradoxically the rebels have also complained of a pervasive corruption within the congolese army. nevertheless, as the most powerful commanders in the drc, they were some of the worst perpetrators of racketeering. moreover, the rebels have claimed discrimination of the officers within the army and the killing of the former officers within redeployed outside. while certain historical animosities cannot be denied, dozens of senior officers and over four-fifths have chosen not to join the rebellion. in recent months m23 is increasing claim they want to redo the discredited 2011 presidential election. nevertheless, a political party had in fact join the presidential electoral line and many top m23 commanders order should massive fraud on his behalf. if it's not nearly the claims of the march 23, 2000 agreement or good governancgovernanc e, human rights, then what d
the short-term deal with generous to rwanda. the congolese officers, particularly in rwanda and its own officers who took control over much of the army in eastern congo. paradoxically the rebels have also complained of a pervasive corruption within the congolese army. nevertheless, as the most powerful commanders in the drc, they were some of the worst perpetrators of racketeering. moreover, the rebels have claimed discrimination of the officers within the army and the killing of the former...
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uganda, rwanda, and the drc are treat fairly. that they're not subject to harassment and intimidation and human rights violences. there has has been a deep concern that many rwanda speakers have been disadvantaged in the eastern congo. and thirdly, they would like to see the issue of refugee resettlement taken care of. they're continuing to exist a large number of congo who are in refugee camps in rwanda, and the region who should be allowed to go -- back to the east. all of these are things that motivate their interest in the area. >> thank you. all right. i have one more question. we've been joined by congresswoman. i want to ask a unanimous consent that noncommittee members be allowed to participate. after all committee members had an opportunity to ask questions that the chairman will permit. >> no objections. >> thank you. the question on the other side, is whatever role they may be playing that the drc is mainly the source of the problem. they cannot provide adequate security in the region. you mentioned in the efforts to t
uganda, rwanda, and the drc are treat fairly. that they're not subject to harassment and intimidation and human rights violences. there has has been a deep concern that many rwanda speakers have been disadvantaged in the eastern congo. and thirdly, they would like to see the issue of refugee resettlement taken care of. they're continuing to exist a large number of congo who are in refugee camps in rwanda, and the region who should be allowed to go -- back to the east. all of these are things...
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the question though is not dissimilar from what we faced in rwanda. who will send the troops, and the african unef policy certain number of trips. we have not exactly committed numbers of troops and the whole question is who will sit in the troops. i may go on a minute about this because i teach a course at the university georgetown called the national security toolbox and we have looked at a whole host of ways that policy has carried out. and yesterday i was lecturing on the role of peacekeeping, and with the role of it is and what the united states supported oming and you would think thatg the u.n. was out there marauding all over the place and that the u.s. was a major contributor to the troops in peacekeeping ari operations. there are a maximum 400 americans serving in about 17 peacekeeping operations which numbers somewhere between 50 to 60,000 most of the americans serving are not troops, they are civilian advisers, so i do think that if we are going to make ao big, and legitimately a big set of criticisms about what didn't oappen in rwanda that
the question though is not dissimilar from what we faced in rwanda. who will send the troops, and the african unef policy certain number of trips. we have not exactly committed numbers of troops and the whole question is who will sit in the troops. i may go on a minute about this because i teach a course at the university georgetown called the national security toolbox and we have looked at a whole host of ways that policy has carried out. and yesterday i was lecturing on the role of...
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as transport movements improving human movement is efficient then it goes to rwanda and uganda in those places manner not circumcised because they are from the different ethnic tradition. instead of nigeria, they came down the nile valley. so millions of men are not circumcise. they do get the explosive spread. instead of one or 2% sometimes 20% of adults infection rate. look at a country like kenya one group circumcises i'm sorry, but does not retain the but everybody else does. so that a.j. be rate among kenya adults is a couple% but those that don't is about 20% to around lake victoria. at the center of learning the president's father is from there, that explodes. in southern africa, all groups would circumcise 200 years ago but now the tradition is going into decline. some is sequestered is asian , modern life, being away from traditions. but you lose that among several ethnic groups and then they get the courageous hiv rates. to carry that forward a bill sex is a much more efficient way to spread the virus than vaginal or oral sex. so what you do get to in the seventies it 80's wit
as transport movements improving human movement is efficient then it goes to rwanda and uganda in those places manner not circumcised because they are from the different ethnic tradition. instead of nigeria, they came down the nile valley. so millions of men are not circumcise. they do get the explosive spread. instead of one or 2% sometimes 20% of adults infection rate. look at a country like kenya one group circumcises i'm sorry, but does not retain the but everybody else does. so that a.j....
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rights concerns of motivated desires for international intervention in the other parts of the world, rwanda, co-ceo, bosnia. yet somehow north korea has not been subject to that same international activism despite the talk that arguably the human rights conditions are just as bad certainly for large portions of the population. how is it that this is the case? what makes taqueria indian to that sort of focus? >> guest: well, we say international community. we have to be clear. the developed west. there are certain issues that the developed west has taken up in terms of human-rights. you mentioned some of them. very clearly taken up causes. there are others, sudan, tibet, others that have been taken up to a great extent by the international community. north korea hedges not been an issue. for two reasons. the first is through very successful efforts by the north korean a regime to insure this remains a nameless and faceless policy issue and not a personal story, a personification of the story that the average american will somehow be influenced by or take up the cost for. many of the north ko
rights concerns of motivated desires for international intervention in the other parts of the world, rwanda, co-ceo, bosnia. yet somehow north korea has not been subject to that same international activism despite the talk that arguably the human rights conditions are just as bad certainly for large portions of the population. how is it that this is the case? what makes taqueria indian to that sort of focus? >> guest: well, we say international community. we have to be clear. the...
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how they are motivated for desires of international intervention and other parts of the world like rwanda, kosovo, you know, bosnia, and yet somehow north korea hasn't been subject to that same international activism despite the fact that, you know, arguably, the human rights conditions are just as bad, certainly for large portions of the population. >> guest: right. >> host: you know, how is it that this is the case? what makes north korea immune to that sort of focus of the international community? >> yeah. well, i think when we say "international community ," we have to be clear what we mean, and i think we mean the developed west, and there's certain issues that the developed west has taken up in terms of human rights, and, yeah, you mentioned some of them. i mean, clearly, they have taken up the causes, and there's others, sudan,ty bet, others take -- tibet, others taken up by the international community, but north korea is not an issue. two reasons. the first is through very successful efforts by the north korea regime to ensure this remains a nameless and faceless policy issue and
how they are motivated for desires of international intervention and other parts of the world like rwanda, kosovo, you know, bosnia, and yet somehow north korea hasn't been subject to that same international activism despite the fact that, you know, arguably, the human rights conditions are just as bad, certainly for large portions of the population. >> guest: right. >> host: you know, how is it that this is the case? what makes north korea immune to that sort of focus of the...
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you think of rwanda, kosovo, bosnia, and yet somehow, north korea hasn't been subject to the same international activism, despite the fact that ardley the human rights conditions are just as bad, certainly for a large portion of the population. how is it that this is the case? what makes north korea immune to that sort of focus of the national community? >> i think when we say international community, we have to be clear what we mean. and we need to develop the west. there are certain issues that the developed west has taken up in terms of human rights. yet, you mentioned some of them. very clearly it very clearly they have taken of these causes. there are others, sudan, tibet, others who have been taken up to a great extent by the international community, but north korea is just not -- they are just ignoring the issues. the first is very successful efforts to make sure that this remains a nameless and faceless policy issue and not a personal story, a personification of a story, that the average american will be influenced by or take up a cause for. many of the north koreans who defect are sent
you think of rwanda, kosovo, bosnia, and yet somehow, north korea hasn't been subject to the same international activism, despite the fact that ardley the human rights conditions are just as bad, certainly for a large portion of the population. how is it that this is the case? what makes north korea immune to that sort of focus of the national community? >> i think when we say international community, we have to be clear what we mean. and we need to develop the west. there are certain...
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department would not have control or influence over the films that amc, cinemas would be showing on rwanda. as aaron alluded, companies like bt to provide special challenges because of the possibility of the impact on our communication infrastructure, risk of that doors. this is something that needs more study before we can think about opening that speak it. >> i'm going to direct to you. we've touched on these issues already. i wanted to delve into them a bit more. the 70% of the property in the united states and government estimates of ipo losses exceeding $250 billion per year due to poverty and espionage, both have a subsidy for countries to live up to their trade obligations in order to protect u.s. competitiveness. how does president depalma see china as an actor in cyberespionage and what future cooperative or unilateral measures we take to address this issue? >> well, china is frankly a problematic act during those areas. in high pr, the last numbers i saw something at the order of 80% of all seizures of counterfeit goods by u.s. customs authorities of chinese origin. this is a pro
department would not have control or influence over the films that amc, cinemas would be showing on rwanda. as aaron alluded, companies like bt to provide special challenges because of the possibility of the impact on our communication infrastructure, risk of that doors. this is something that needs more study before we can think about opening that speak it. >> i'm going to direct to you. we've touched on these issues already. i wanted to delve into them a bit more. the 70% of the...
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you think rwanda, kosovo, bosnia. and yet somehow north korea has sent been subject to that same international activism despite the fact that arguably the human race conditions are just as bad, certainly for large portions of the population. you know, how was it that this is the case? what makes north korea and the into that sort of focus of the international community? >> guest: will be same international community we have to be clear what we mean the mets in the developed west and their certain issues that developed west has taken a in terms of human rights. yet you mention some of them. we very clearly have taken up these causes. there are others, sudan, tibet, others out of bed taken into a great extent by the international community. the north korea is just not one of the issues. for two reasons. the first is to very successful efforts by the north korean regime to ensure that this remains a nameless and faceless policy issue and not a personal story of personification of a story that the average american, if you
you think rwanda, kosovo, bosnia. and yet somehow north korea has sent been subject to that same international activism despite the fact that arguably the human race conditions are just as bad, certainly for large portions of the population. you know, how was it that this is the case? what makes north korea and the into that sort of focus of the international community? >> guest: will be same international community we have to be clear what we mean the mets in the developed west and their...
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what -- we have three minutes so what i wanted to talk about the diagnosis, i wanted to talk about rwanda, how it's a role model and what it can teach us following the 1994 genocide, and i want to talk about the role of the haitian diaspora. about the need to decentralize haiti, i wanted to talk about deforestation, i wanted to talk about the plight of women in haiti which is an amazing thing. i was there when katie couric interviewed -- this was back in april of 2010 -- a woman who had been raped, and we know in the big camps and all around there there is that problem, but since there's only two minutes left -- and then i loved the end where you're imagining all of the different scenarios for reconstruction. if you were king of the young l, what it would look like. but since we only have two minutes, i thought the most delicious part of the book -- although your parts were very tasty -- but for me the most delicious part was the woman who took the histories from the people, from the haitians -- >> michelle. >> and i want you to talk about that and what the haitians themselves are saying.
what -- we have three minutes so what i wanted to talk about the diagnosis, i wanted to talk about rwanda, how it's a role model and what it can teach us following the 1994 genocide, and i want to talk about the role of the haitian diaspora. about the need to decentralize haiti, i wanted to talk about deforestation, i wanted to talk about the plight of women in haiti which is an amazing thing. i was there when katie couric interviewed -- this was back in april of 2010 -- a woman who had been...
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. >> this is about rwanda. there's a few chapters in the book about rwanda, and this particular chapter is the first one which is, you know, what happened in the spring of 1994 and why did the united states not immediately or within a few weeks respond militarily to the situation in rwanda which we endured an enormous amount of criticism in the aftermath for a policy which i admit in this book was a failed policy. why did that happen? >> and just a reminder that 800,000 people perished. >> right. i'll read it here. over a period of about 100 days commencing on april 6, 1994, an estimated 800,000 women, children and men -- most of tutsi identity -- were massacred. that averages 8,000 murders per day. the killings were planned by the top rwandan government, military, business leaders and carried out by thousands of machete-carrying hutu. it was a phenomenon that was unimagined at the time and remains almost surreal to this day. if anyone had speculated prior to the genocide that such a daily low-tech killing rate
. >> this is about rwanda. there's a few chapters in the book about rwanda, and this particular chapter is the first one which is, you know, what happened in the spring of 1994 and why did the united states not immediately or within a few weeks respond militarily to the situation in rwanda which we endured an enormous amount of criticism in the aftermath for a policy which i admit in this book was a failed policy. why did that happen? >> and just a reminder that 800,000 people...
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take a look what's going on in rwanda. you have a community-based program, two-year retention 92% with 98 percent tested at two years had suppressed viral loads. similar results in bots wan a that. extending the intervention what about prevention? combination hiv prevention the message to this is prevention is not dimension fall. we all know that. terrorist a combination of comprehensive on the lower level of the wilding blocks are interventions that are not necessarily biological driven. we were implementing them before we knew there was a virus. as the years went by, science lead us. some examples prevention of mother to child transmission. the breakthrough study of o76 indicating by treating the mother you can actually decrees dramatically now. now we treat mothers for the disease and together with the mother's help the baby is born uninfected. in the united states this is transformed what you see now on the red bars the estimated number of hiv infected ininfants. remember what mayor said last night, in this city with h
take a look what's going on in rwanda. you have a community-based program, two-year retention 92% with 98 percent tested at two years had suppressed viral loads. similar results in bots wan a that. extending the intervention what about prevention? combination hiv prevention the message to this is prevention is not dimension fall. we all know that. terrorist a combination of comprehensive on the lower level of the wilding blocks are interventions that are not necessarily biological driven. we...
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china, rwanda have announced their treatment has prevention at scale. we are working with that government in our foundation the prevalence is up out 26%. i have been really impressed by the leadership and foresight. they know this is the only way they are going to achieve their goal and their focus their for on how to do it, not whether to do it. malawi is a country with very severe resource constraints, where i also had the honor of doing a lot of economic work. they made the decision to put all pregnant woman on treatment immediately for life. they didn't wait to figure out how to do it or how they were going to pay for it. they made a commitment and i believe the president showed wisdom and strength in doing it and we should all be grateful to her because -- [applause] because now everyone of you can say if mali isn't waiting, how can the rest of us we? [applause] you might think this is my eve but i've seen it over and over again. if we build it they will come. a few skilled of the and it works, the money will be there to fund it. [applause] we also
china, rwanda have announced their treatment has prevention at scale. we are working with that government in our foundation the prevalence is up out 26%. i have been really impressed by the leadership and foresight. they know this is the only way they are going to achieve their goal and their focus their for on how to do it, not whether to do it. malawi is a country with very severe resource constraints, where i also had the honor of doing a lot of economic work. they made the decision to put...
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in the investigations that i have done on rwanda and the report on bosnia and rwanda in particular, the overwhelming reason for failure was lack of will to act and change. and i think when we look at these things, we have to start to consider context. it's important. in somalia, president bush father thinking thousands of soldiers to feed hungry civilians. it was incredible initiative. it he was. they did whatever they could. of course sometimes you have food warehouses, but h
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the one example that i am really left with is our failure to intervene in rwanda where a small detachment of american troops could have stopped european and united states troops could have stop the genocide that killed about a million people and in part because the u.n. would not approve it. >> well, it is interesting to see that you are advocating a little bit more globalization in that area. so i just wanted to remind everyone that we are listening to the commonwealth club of california radio program. our guest today is uc-berkeley law professor john yoo, who is discussing teaming globalization and the issues related to globalization and the law within the united states constitution. there are a couple of relatively technical and i think very good questions that are worth raising with you. there is one general political one that i think in fairness we should raise even though it is not directly pertinent. let me do the to short technical ones. one is the impact of the voluntary compliance which seems to be quite common now where presidents simply avoid the political process by announcin
the one example that i am really left with is our failure to intervene in rwanda where a small detachment of american troops could have stopped european and united states troops could have stop the genocide that killed about a million people and in part because the u.n. would not approve it. >> well, it is interesting to see that you are advocating a little bit more globalization in that area. so i just wanted to remind everyone that we are listening to the commonwealth club of california...
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having to go through rwanda, boss bosnia and somalia. what would a international community do to ensure we stop such strategy. we don't accept it without reaction. and then came closet kosovo -- [inaudible] on the crisis. the question of use of force to protect the people came up, the counsel didn't have to approve it because the countries that were prepared to go in knew if they went to the counsel, it may be vetoed. in the way after the action, there was a vote, an indirect vote, which given twelve votes, if i recall which indicated there was a -- [inaudible] and i was challenged as secretary general how can you support use of the force without a security counsel approval? and i made it clear that there are times when exceptions, there are times when you have to put force of the service and peace kosovo was one of those. there was no way the international community could have sat back knowing what [inaudible] had done in bosnia and sit back and allow them to repeat in kosovo. what justification would we have had? i've also had the oppo
having to go through rwanda, boss bosnia and somalia. what would a international community do to ensure we stop such strategy. we don't accept it without reaction. and then came closet kosovo -- [inaudible] on the crisis. the question of use of force to protect the people came up, the counsel didn't have to approve it because the countries that were prepared to go in knew if they went to the counsel, it may be vetoed. in the way after the action, there was a vote, an indirect vote, which given...
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i know that there has been a report on this fairly recently the was brought together on rwanda. >> let's talk about what we've developed as tools from this experience. number one, international tribunals. the possibility that you could localize responsibility and a few key leaders. and milosevic went to the tribunal we didn't end of occupying belgrade, and it shows that there are other ways to respond to international criminal abuses. the second is the notion of diplomacy backed by force leading to a negotiation which is what holbrooke brilliantly did in dayton and in the third is the concept of atrocities prevention, which madeleine albright and bill cohen and others did was to bring this forward the president has now signed a directive on the prevention board for exactly the kind of early warning. and then finally, democracy building as a longer-term antidote, the community of democracies and other kinds of devices. so, these were horrible the episodes but i think what it did is triggered structural change which is one of the hardest things to get in the human rights area. >> i agree w
i know that there has been a report on this fairly recently the was brought together on rwanda. >> let's talk about what we've developed as tools from this experience. number one, international tribunals. the possibility that you could localize responsibility and a few key leaders. and milosevic went to the tribunal we didn't end of occupying belgrade, and it shows that there are other ways to respond to international criminal abuses. the second is the notion of diplomacy backed by force...
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the one example and really left with is our failure to intervene in rwanda, or a small detachment of american troops could have sought a genocide that killed about a million people in part because the u.n. would not prove it. >> well, that is interesting to see you are advocating a little bit more globalization in that area. if i just want to remind everyone that we're listening to the commonwealth club of canada radio program and are just a few seats or cory professor john yoo was discussing "taming globalization" and the issues related to globalization and the law within the united states constitution. there are a couple of relatively technical and i think very good questions, john, but i think are worth raising with you and there is one general political one but i think in fairness we should raise even though it isn't directly pertinent. let me do that too short technical ones for you to handle. one is the impact of the voluntary compliance, which seems to be quite common now where presidents simply avoid the political process by announcing that they are going to voluntarily compl
the one example and really left with is our failure to intervene in rwanda, or a small detachment of american troops could have sought a genocide that killed about a million people in part because the u.n. would not prove it. >> well, that is interesting to see you are advocating a little bit more globalization in that area. if i just want to remind everyone that we're listening to the commonwealth club of canada radio program and are just a few seats or cory professor john yoo was...
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china, rwanda announced intents to implement treatment as prevention at scale. we are working with a government of swaziland and the prevalence is 26%. i've been really impressed with the leadership and foresight there. they know this is the only way they're going to achieve their goals, and they are focused, therefore, on how to do it, not whether to do it. mulawi has severe resource constraints where i have the honor of doing economic work. they made the decision to put all pregnant women on treatment immediately for life. they didn't wait to figure out how to do it or how they were going to pay for it. they made a commitment, and i believe the president banda showed wisdom and strength in doing it, and we should all be grateful to her because -- [applause] because now every one of you can say if they are not waiting, how can the rest of us wait? [applause] you may think this is naive, but it's happened over and over. this is one of those, if you build it, they will come. if you scale it up, and it works, the money will be there to fund it. [applause] we alask
china, rwanda announced intents to implement treatment as prevention at scale. we are working with a government of swaziland and the prevalence is 26%. i've been really impressed with the leadership and foresight there. they know this is the only way they're going to achieve their goals, and they are focused, therefore, on how to do it, not whether to do it. mulawi has severe resource constraints where i have the honor of doing economic work. they made the decision to put all pregnant women on...
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government platform software that promotes transparency and accountability with a third country partner, rwanda. the list is very long. the minister and i will be making a comprehensive report. he to the prime minister, i to the president, of everything that has been happening in all of the fairies aspects of this incredibly important dialogue. but i want to thank my partner and colleague in this work for his leadership and his attention that has translated this idea into a very important reality for both our countries. >> thank you, sector clinton's -- secretary clinton. it is always a pleasure for me to come back to washington, d.c. because it is in this city that i've spent a couple of years of my very interesting interaction into a american politics. and i had the pleasure of meeting some of the great americans who have led this country subsequently in subsequent years. and it is always an added pleasure for me personally to meet with secretary clinton. i always derive so much comfort and so much expectation, if i may say so, sector clinton's -- secretary clinton. three years back we starte
government platform software that promotes transparency and accountability with a third country partner, rwanda. the list is very long. the minister and i will be making a comprehensive report. he to the prime minister, i to the president, of everything that has been happening in all of the fairies aspects of this incredibly important dialogue. but i want to thank my partner and colleague in this work for his leadership and his attention that has translated this idea into a very important...
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the lessons of rwanda have it offered in perfect guidebook for susan rice, helped to rally support for action in libya where the u.s. helped topple regimes and threatened to commit large-scale killing. she went the other direction at area with president upon the persistent calls for intervention there is thousands die in the fight against the government of president bashar al-assad. >> guest: one comments an election year for president said they would not be genetic action until a new administration comes in, either romney or barack obama in the second term. secondly, the administration has been certainly cautious about a sort of intervention, military intervention in syria. libya and syria are apples and oranges that they are quite different. libya was isolated regionally and internationally in a way that syria is not. it has the support of her rant, support russia as well as other countries that complicate the regional level and international level. finally, there've been calls to record the safe havens. i'm not a military expert, but everyone i console say that requires a no-fly zon
the lessons of rwanda have it offered in perfect guidebook for susan rice, helped to rally support for action in libya where the u.s. helped topple regimes and threatened to commit large-scale killing. she went the other direction at area with president upon the persistent calls for intervention there is thousands die in the fight against the government of president bashar al-assad. >> guest: one comments an election year for president said they would not be genetic action until a new...
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if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western penchant for technological solutions. if you look the russia georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought convention site with a significant unconventional aspects. and if you look at second lebanon, you find a largely unconventional site font in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seen -- and i don't like putting words like this cytosine for no more for no more, but i hybridization of war that we are going to have to accept. these are wars and certainly with iraq and afghanistan, so present in our experience, in our database views are wars that are fought among the people, among innocent people. often found in urbanized terrain or towns in rural villages that brutalize their technological advantages in with the west choosing an increasingly legalistic structure to greater reparations, what we deem permissible in combat is more and more limited. meanwhile, our enemies open a popular coleader aperture for what constitutes a legitimate target or a legitimate tactic. i am not so sure that whether it i
if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western penchant for technological solutions. if you look the russia georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought convention site with a significant unconventional aspects. and if you look at second lebanon, you find a largely unconventional site font in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seen -- and i don't like putting words like this cytosine for no more for no more, but i hybridization of war that we are going to...
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government platform software that promotes transparency and accountability with a free country partner, rwanda. the list is a very long and the minister and i will be making a comprehensive report to the printer and on to the president of everything that has been happening in all of the various aspects in this dialogue. but i want to thank my partner and colleague in this work for his attention that has translated this idea into a very important reality for both of the country's. >> thank you, psychiatry clinton. it is always a pleasure for me to come back to washington dc. because it is in this city that i spent a couple of years of my interest in introduction into american politics. some of the great americans who have led this country subsequently in the subsequent years, and it is always an added pleasure for me personally to meet with secretary clinton i always derives so much comfort and so much of if i may say so, secretary clinton. three years back we start on this journey of the strategic relationship, and this we are representing our two great countries and let me convey that we had
government platform software that promotes transparency and accountability with a free country partner, rwanda. the list is a very long and the minister and i will be making a comprehensive report to the printer and on to the president of everything that has been happening in all of the various aspects in this dialogue. but i want to thank my partner and colleague in this work for his attention that has translated this idea into a very important reality for both of the country's. >> thank...
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and projections are that nigeria, ethiopia, chad, mozambique, tanzania, congo, ghana and rwanda are projecting to increase testing and africa's economy will grow at an average annual rate of 7% over the next 20 years, faster than china's. the last secretary of commerce who visited africa was secretary evans who visited in 2012. and also i just want to add -- we can create up to 315,000 jobs domestically. so the question is, what regions are you targeting for your, for the export of the u.s., that your department is targeting? and when, how do you view about the marketing aspect? and are you planning on visiting africa and the near future to take a delegation to africa? >> thank you very much, congressman. the question of targeting exports, we target all over the world, all over the world. with regard to, so for example, i'm just back as indicated from india, took 16 u.s. businesses, outstanding businesses. i think it was fruitful, things will follow very positively. we already have some provision. with sub-saharan africa, i have personally been a. in this new role i have not been there yet. i
and projections are that nigeria, ethiopia, chad, mozambique, tanzania, congo, ghana and rwanda are projecting to increase testing and africa's economy will grow at an average annual rate of 7% over the next 20 years, faster than china's. the last secretary of commerce who visited africa was secretary evans who visited in 2012. and also i just want to add -- we can create up to 315,000 jobs domestically. so the question is, what regions are you targeting for your, for the export of the u.s.,...
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especially of how human rights can turn to motivated desires for international intervention and then he has rwanda, kosovo, bosnia and yet somehow toward korea hasn't been subject to the same internationally this and despite the fact that, you know, arguably the human rights conditions are just as bad as certainly for large portions of the population. you know, how was it that this is the case? what makes north korea immune to that sort of focus of the international community? >> guest: when we say international community we have to be clear what we mean that we mean the developed west and their certain issues the developed west has taken up in terms of human rights. he mentioned some of them. really they've taken a few causes. others, sudan, to that, others taken up through great extent by the international community. but north korea is not one of the issues. for two reasons. the first is the very successful efforts by the north korean regime to ensure that this remains a faceless policy issue and not a personal story of a story that the average american if you will somehow be influenced or take
especially of how human rights can turn to motivated desires for international intervention and then he has rwanda, kosovo, bosnia and yet somehow toward korea hasn't been subject to the same internationally this and despite the fact that, you know, arguably the human rights conditions are just as bad as certainly for large portions of the population. you know, how was it that this is the case? what makes north korea immune to that sort of focus of the international community? >> guest:...
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haven't spoken about this over the years that he did not do anything or what he should've done about rwanda, neither is anyone else. i'd be applied to decide to come a long history with jews while he was still governor on arkansas. i worked for the first time in the 80s when he was governor. he has since was wisconsin's major advisor and brought me to see that then governor pivot got along really well and the relationship that went on for an awfully long time for me. he was very much committed to jewish, is a judeo imagination. the first day i remember going into the white house and going upstairs to the residence library. it's a very peculiar place is hopefully some time. this is one door that goes upstairs to the residence. and the place is like a museum. you see this gigantic. it really is and gigantic. it's like living in -- it's like living in -- how do you translate an english class like a warehouse that's controlled on all sides and you have inventory. the people of inventory are constantly being watched to make sure the inventory does have changed, but nothing occurs to her, but it'
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actually 4000 megawatts of generation capacity, which is the combined demand today of kenya, uganda, and rwanda. there's huge potential for energy efficiency and energy savings that can kill a lot of the power that we need in cleaner ways. let me address very briefly the productive potential of power. in addition to the daily task of lighting, opening of productive potential is very important in developing countries people in the rural areas use now electricity mostly for lighting, for cell phone charging now more and more, and for other simpler basic purposes. that there is a lot of productive potential as a centerpoint ethic and drive economic growth, economic development, and this is why not just for lighting but for other productive purpose is very important that you will also unleash a lot of human potential in these countries, and raising in this issue about raising carbon emissions with electricity also has to be put in the right context. let me take the case of vietnam. when vietnam, when you see in the early 1980s, it had about 40% of the electrification. and people living in rural vie
actually 4000 megawatts of generation capacity, which is the combined demand today of kenya, uganda, and rwanda. there's huge potential for energy efficiency and energy savings that can kill a lot of the power that we need in cleaner ways. let me address very briefly the productive potential of power. in addition to the daily task of lighting, opening of productive potential is very important in developing countries people in the rural areas use now electricity mostly for lighting, for cell...
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that said, there are signposts i think from recent campaigns and if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western pension for the technological solutions. if you look of the russian georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought conventional fight with significant on conventional aspects, and then if you look at the second lebanon you find largely on conventional fight fought in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seeing and i don't like putting words like this in front of the war but a hybrid of the war that we are going to have to accept. these are wars and certainly with iraq and afghanistan, so present in our experience and our database. these are the wars fought among the people, among innocent people. often fought in the urbanized terrain or towns in rural villages that centralize many of our technological lead and ditches and with the west choosing an increasingly legalistic structure to guide our operations what we deem it permissible in the, it is more and more limited. meanwhile our enemies open up apocalyptic the their at pitcher for what co
that said, there are signposts i think from recent campaigns and if you look at bosnia and rwanda, they contradict the western pension for the technological solutions. if you look of the russian georgia conflict, you have a poorly thought conventional fight with significant on conventional aspects, and then if you look at the second lebanon you find largely on conventional fight fought in south lebanon with significant conventional aspects. you are seeing and i don't like putting words like...
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you don't have to go to rwanda or angola, you can look right down the street in louisiana and see this, right down the street in new york city and do this. our brothers and our sisters are in desperate need of a helping hand. who will help them if not us? who? if not now, when? as scripture tells us, to those to whom much is given, much is expected. be you -- you have to live youre so that at the end of your journey, you will know that your time here was well spent, that you left behind more than you take away. [applause] fifth, do xavier proud. you have a rich position to uphold. st. catherine direct el created a special place here in louisiana. the mission of this university has remained constant, i love this mission: to contribute to the motion of a more just and humane society by preparing students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. let me repeat that so you can think about that and let it sink in. to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. what
you don't have to go to rwanda or angola, you can look right down the street in louisiana and see this, right down the street in new york city and do this. our brothers and our sisters are in desperate need of a helping hand. who will help them if not us? who? if not now, when? as scripture tells us, to those to whom much is given, much is expected. be you -- you have to live youre so that at the end of your journey, you will know that your time here was well spent, that you left behind more...
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degree to coalesce the african union, i'd be prepared to do it because we could never allow another rwanda. it's a moral responsibility for us and the world. >> ninety seconds. >> back to iran, just for a second. it was not my administration that put the sanctions on iran. that happened long before i arrived in washington, d.c. in terms of darfur, i agree it's genocide. and colin powell so stated. we have committed $200 million worth of aid. we're the leading donor in the world to help the suffering people there. we will commit more over time to help. we were very much involved at the u.n. on the sanction policy of the bashir government in the sudan. prior to darfur, ambassador jack danforth had been negotiating a north-south agreement that we would have hoped would have brought peace to the sudan. i agree with my opponent that we shouldn't be committing troops. we ought to be working with the african union to do so -- precisely what we did in liberia. we helped stabilize the situation with some troops, and when the african union came, we moved them out. my hope is that the african union m
degree to coalesce the african union, i'd be prepared to do it because we could never allow another rwanda. it's a moral responsibility for us and the world. >> ninety seconds. >> back to iran, just for a second. it was not my administration that put the sanctions on iran. that happened long before i arrived in washington, d.c. in terms of darfur, i agree it's genocide. and colin powell so stated. we have committed $200 million worth of aid. we're the leading donor in the world to...
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in other places such as rwanda, we turned away from the slaughter of people there. and once again, we're challenged to show the victims whether we're true to our words. i read something a few days ago in "the washington post," an article that was drawing parallels between the genocide in bosnia during the 1990's and the killing that's taking place in syria today. there was a 37-year-old survivor of the veb -- srebenitzka massacre, who said it's bizarre -- i'm quoting now -- it's bizarre how never again has come to mean again and again. it's bizarre that we live in a world where srebenitzkas are still possible. what's happening in syria today is almost identical to what happened in bosnia two decades ago, end of quote of the survivor. so what is the world waiting for, a syrian srebenitzka when thousands are killed by their own government before we act? i hope not. and that's why we speak out today. look, just within the hour, a story was posted on reuters news service out of beirut, six hours after tanks and militiamen pulled out of al-kabair, a syrian farmer returne
in other places such as rwanda, we turned away from the slaughter of people there. and once again, we're challenged to show the victims whether we're true to our words. i read something a few days ago in "the washington post," an article that was drawing parallels between the genocide in bosnia during the 1990's and the killing that's taking place in syria today. there was a 37-year-old survivor of the veb -- srebenitzka massacre, who said it's bizarre -- i'm quoting now -- it's...
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who are concerned about this fear and of community that there would be another hurdle on the coleco rwanda would lead them to fight even if they lose damascus and as they put additional pressures on the unity of the syrian state and we certainly do not want to see the syrian state disintegrate. it goes back into this question of how to convince the community that it has a role in the future of syria like others in their doesn't have to be a genocide. i was struck by the editorial or an opinion piece in "the new york times" i think at the beginning of last week for the week before about the next genocide being against allowites, and that fear is present among the community members and so what you are talking about is just an extension of that and the way around it is the political solution the longer the violence goes on, the more extremist groups benefit and based on what we have seen of no sort of parent organization, al qaeda and iraqi will not be merciful at all so it is incumbent on us to bolster what in the political opposition which is what we are trying to do. >> thank you, ambassad
who are concerned about this fear and of community that there would be another hurdle on the coleco rwanda would lead them to fight even if they lose damascus and as they put additional pressures on the unity of the syrian state and we certainly do not want to see the syrian state disintegrate. it goes back into this question of how to convince the community that it has a role in the future of syria like others in their doesn't have to be a genocide. i was struck by the editorial or an opinion...
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bush's, talking about how books shape policies towards the people of the book and with the presidents of rwanda israel and it's been important on how the president's approach israel and we have to start -- i know you're going to have a separate conversation but we do really have to start with harry truman. if you go back to 1948 and 47, 48, it wasn't clear that the united states was going to be an ally of israel and it's not clear the u.s. was going to support a creative state and the u.s. was going to recognize israel. these are open questions that in fact many of the questions the state department was not in the right place. a big shock for anybody that follows the state department. the state apartment wasn't in the right place and wasn't as supportive as israel, and in fact the secretary of state threatened to resign if truman went ahead with pro-israel position. they did have the u.s. approach to create the partition. he had the u.s. recognize israel and these are important statements that he made. one of the things i read in the recent argument in the article and i think that you can talk
bush's, talking about how books shape policies towards the people of the book and with the presidents of rwanda israel and it's been important on how the president's approach israel and we have to start -- i know you're going to have a separate conversation but we do really have to start with harry truman. if you go back to 1948 and 47, 48, it wasn't clear that the united states was going to be an ally of israel and it's not clear the u.s. was going to support a creative state and the u.s. was...